So he was depressed to the fullest and he killed himself. Truly, has the saying says, suicide is the end result of depression.
But he'd never knew, he thought it is a way of consoling himself, he didn't know that self-pity is the mother of depression and hopelessness is it's fruit. So after feeling how bad he has been treated and how life has been so harsh with him, he viewed the success of others and overruled his own approval on the planet earth.
If life has to be of two sides, must it be bad with him? He has worked, he has studied, he has toiled, just to make ends meet in life. Why then are some born with a silver spoon? Must some be born as orphans? If people are to receive mercy, is it not the helpless, rejected and downtrodden?
The day he became an embryo he didn't curse. But the why he wasn't aborted, he abhorred. And those persons that decided to bring him into this world he cursed, the day he saw this world he cursed the most.
So life is enjoyable to some and dreadful to some. If life didn't accept him, let him also reject life.
So he had no one to release his wrath upon, he decided to die a harsh death.
He entered into the filling station, bought five litres of petrol and told the salesman to keep the change.
He entered a corner,
under a tree somewhere on the campus.
He opened the keg,
Poured the petrol on himself
And lit up the matches.
And boom! The remedy was killed.
Students saw the fire, students ran to watch, no one could save.
He decided to die, why groan under the fire?
He was brilliant,
he was hardworking,
he was strong
"was" "was", that's what they used for him. Even while he groaned.
And all these qualities? He killed with himself. And a promising future met his demise.
Depression stood far behind the students and smiled wickedly .
Now, what is the essence of depression?
The story told, is the structure of depression.
It is as small as though a bile in the interiors of a chicken. But when tempered with. The whole meat turned bitter.
Though small in the sense of reasoning, Depression is big, a Big issue in the society. That cries for cure.
Many people are sleeping under bridges everyday, yet not all of them, have hope for the future.
Many are dead, yet we do not know the cause of their death. Everyday we see "obituary" a defined cause we say, is either accident or ancestral spirits.
What is the cure for depression our youth and others?
So to suppress their hopelessness for temporal moments they seek different ways
Many choose to take drugs
Many choose to take night clubs as homes
Many choose to choose sex, for a moment of excitement.
Many turned devils, due to depression.
They lure and they are lured
They are vulnerable to pressure, they choose to dip fingers into the eyes of life.
They forget career, they shun purpose,
They hate preachings. They are poisoned.
Many cultists are not waywards initially. Depression can make mind so soft under the claws of destruction.
And to some extents,
When these ways can no longer suffice
they choose the last option.
"suicide "
Come, what have you been doing to understand minds out there ?
How many hopes do you give? You can shout at anybody right? You hate people with dirty clothes and torn caps.
You curse them before or after you give them food?
"no garri today, dey go " you say that at intervals don't you?
Because you are not in their shoes and because life is a mixture of honey and bile.
And you, are you waiting for encouragement before you wake up? Depression is slowly getting it's way inside of you, you think it is a way of self consolation?
You don't invite God while feeling pathetic, you invite Him with Trust, put your trust in God.
If you have never passed through heat, you cannot be in the position of honour. Because trials of life, I mean conquered trials, specialised your glory.
"casting your cares on Him, because He care for you "
1pet 5:7.
Success won't give up on you, hope won't give up on you, until , you give on them.
Depression is a killer. A tool of satan.
".....in this life you shall see tribulation, but be of good cheer I have conquered the world. "
John 16:33
Story :fiction
Action point : bring depression captive, into the obedience of Jesus Christ.